Re: load file, skip comment lines

[Doug Stewart]

the_verge wrote:
> I'm using the load(filename) command to load some USGS data.  What I want to
> know is, how do I make it skip the leading comment lines in the data file? 
> Specifically, the syntax I am using is:
>
> x = load(filename);
> A = x(:,1);
> B = x(:,2);
> C = x(:,3);
>
> etc.  So if the first several lines are comment lines, how can I tell it to
> ignore those lines before beginning to load data?  Is there a better way to
> do that?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Vergil
>   
I usually edit the file first and delete those lines.
Doug